Another hot day brought a number of new temperature records to northern Saskatchewan on Thursday. There are six new records including Buffalo Narrows which hit a daytime high of 33.2 degrees, Key Lake at 32.7 degrees, La Ronge and Meadow Lake with 32.6 degrees, Waskesiu Lake 32.3 and Uranium City with a daytime high of 32 degrees. The heat warning remains in effect for essentially all of Saskatchewan with the southeast corner an exception. Yorkton, Regina, Estevan-Weyburn and surrounding areas are not under a heat warning. For everyone else Environment Canada says a prolonged period of extreme heat is expected for parts of southern Saskatchewan. Daytime high temperatures reaching 32 degrees Celsius and above, and overnight lows near 16 degrees Celsius are forecast over the next several days. A slow-moving ridge of high pressure is responsible for bringing the extreme heat into Saskatchewan. At 33.6 degrees Celsius, Leader was the hotspot in Saskatchewan on Thursday. The hot spot in Canada was Kamloops at 39.3 degrees.

The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on July
18, 2024 (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):

BUFFALO NARROWS AREA
New record of 33.2
Old record of 29.5 set in 1981
Records in this area have been kept since 1962

KEY LAKE AREA
New record of 32.7
Old record of 32.5 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1976

LA RONGE AREA
New record of 32.6
Old record of 32.2 set in 1941
Records in this area have been kept since 1923

MEADOW LAKE AREA
New record of 32.6
Old record of 30.6 set in 1967
Records in this area have been kept since 1959

URANIUM CITY AREA
New record of 32.0
Old record of 28.9 set in 1955
Records in this area have been kept since 1953

WASKESIU LAKE AREA
New record of 32.3
Old record of 30.6 set in 1967
Records in this area have been kept since 1966